Need advice on toy hauler swaying on freeway
I would greatly appreciate any feedback and advice please. My TV is a 2012 Toyota Tacoma DBL Cab short bed 4x4 with a 4.0 V6. I just bought a toy hauler that is 22' long and weighs 3600#s dry with a...
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APT wrote:Steer axle= 2560
Drive axle= 2860
Trailer axle=3320
Total weight=8740
I then un-hitched and weighed just my Tacoma.
steer axle= 2560 (no change)
Drive axle= 2060 (800 lbs. less)
Total weight=4620
Steer axle=2880 (320 lb. increase).
Drive axle=2400 (450 lb. decrease).
That +800 pounds using a WDH which puts about 20% of weight back on the trailer's axles, so about 1000 pounds. Read the sticky thread on how a WDH works.
Your first weights the truck axles were 5420 total. Using 3 fewer links was 5280, so that 140 pounds went back onto the TT axles. Do you think TW changed by 140 pounds?
I guess I really don't understand then. When I disconnect the trailer the truck weighs 800 lbs less. Why would that mean the TW was 1000 lbs.? I'm not getting it. It really upsets me too that the manufacturerer said the TW was 620 lbs. that's 380 lbs off if you are correct.
